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I keep raving about this set - Another way to use those little ski's and the sled in the set is as a fence. So the set can be utilized outside of Christmas making it a better investment. Those little weeny flower images in the set, along with the bows in the thinlits and the presents can all be utilised throughout the year. I love it when you get more from your craft investment! The skis and the top of the sled images already have wood grain and so they make the most splendid fence. On this card the wreath looks fab hung over the top! Don't forget to stamp up your envelopes. The snowflake image below has not been used in any of the cards but is another really lovely image in this same sent. I also used the border stamped image on the envelopes. Also check out the ski's image being used as intended on this card. Those wreaths are irresistible to use whenever there is a hook! JoP x

Todays three cards using Alpine Adventures bundle are all sleighs or sleds! The wreath in the set is a very sweet image that comes with a matching thinly that cuts out the centre. While you have the set out, stamp out a whole pile of images and sentiments in soft suede, poppy parade, granny apple green and tranquil tide. Cut them out with the thinlits and you can rearrange on the front of the card until you find an arrangement that you like. Presents, holly, snowflakes and a wreath give you lots and lots of options - let alone the ski's and snowshoes! I came up with 7 combinations Lots of inspiration for using this set. JoP x

This set is so good and designs look fabulous on the new whisper white narrow notecards and envelopes. However, if you want a larger card, you could use the design and mount the white onto a larger red or green card. As with Candy Cane set, I chose this set as I think you can make a whole piles of cards with it. This time I came up with 7 variations! Some are featured today and some in next couple of days. Out of the two cards featured today I like the sleigh with the snowflake card the very best. See below. The Beauty of Alpine Adventures set is there are lots of different images available. I can see the set getting lots of use after Christmas when I am making scrapbook pages of winter also. I have used the red rhinestones a lot on the cards I am featuring with this set. JoP x

This tiny little inch square box is one of the freebie projects in this month's Big Shot bundle . See my monthly bundles page for more details. All of the above goodies are available to make 3 cards and the baby sleigh when you purchase the bundle from me. This stamp set and matching thinlits is the least expensive big shot bundle in the Seasonal Catalogue and it is so lovely and versatile! The stamp set has sentiments and images and a border I have totally fallen in love with and used on all of the cards I have featured in the next few days. And the thinlits include holly, snowflake and two sledge images. Also check out a later post for an alternative way to use the ski's image and thinlit!  I used a strip of the Candy Cane Season designer series paper to crap the box and bent the sleigh cut with the thinlits to make it 3D. I also bent the snowflake on top of the little present to make it look 3D and put a rhinestone in the middle. I secured it to the top o...

This box has a red underneath and a blue lid. Cut the red and blue card to 41/2 inches x 41/2 inches and then take the underneath part of the box and shave an additional 1/8th of and inch off the top and the side. This is a great way of making the bottom box slightly smaller to fit inside the blue lid of the box. Then both are score 1inch on every side. Decorate the blue box lid by stamping all over in the same colour blue ink with the snowflake background stamp in the set before you do the scoring and gluing step. You can see for the diagram that I have made cuts and mitred off the corners to glue the sides into a box bottom and box lid. Once the box is all ready to go tie it with a red ribbon and add a candy cane and sentiment tucked under the ribbon and secured with a dab of glue. The items to make this box are included as a FREEBIE if you order the Candy Cane bundle form me and use the hostess code. See sidebar for hostess code and trundle to my shop to ord...

This is the third card from the monthly bundles freebies. I have used the snowflakes background stamp from yesterday again but this time behind the white main image on the card. I have also used the hoho background stamp from two days ago blog post to make the background to the main image.  This time I have stamped the sentiment 'tis the season' and adhered it to the side of the image for a bit of quirkiness! I have not finished yet with this bundle so check back tomorrow for the sweet little gift box with lid. TIP: If you are making a whole stack of these cards and gift boxes it is worth making a whole bunch of candy canes and bows to rearrange on the top of your cards. Having a pile of images will also give you lots more design options to play with. Have fun with changing the cards around. JoP x

Yesterday I featured one of the cards from my monthly bundles offer. Today is another great all-round card to make using the bundle and the freebies I send to you when you buy the bundle from me. This card uses the snowflake background stamp in the set. I have stamped it in pool party ink and the candy canes I have stamped using a combination of the words and the striped stamps red ink. I have stamped over the words with the outline candy cane stamp in black ink. The bow as before in pool party ink with an outline stamp in black ink. I love the detail in this bow. All are punched using the candy cane punch.  I have mounted the canes onto some of the flocked striped designer series paper called 'Santas Workshop' and then mounted this again onto red card (poppy parade). Then mount onto a red base card.  I really like the simplicity and boldness of this set and there is one more design I want to show you tomorrow. JoP x

My new October bundle is a punch bundle and is perfect for making multiples of cards for Christmas. I have designed some lovely simple cards which I will feature on my blog in the next couple of days to showcase the set. I chose this bundle because it features some pretty images, some great backgrounds, Christmas sentiments and it has a co-ordinating punch. See my monthly bundles page for details on how to order this set and qualify for the free materials to make 3 cards and a box using your purchase. To make the card. Stamp the hoho background in light blue three times in a line along some white card. Stamp candy canes in red and use the punch to punch out the images. Stamp the bows in red and blue ink and then using the outline of the bow stamp over using black ink. The use the punch to punch out the bows. Adhere the bows using stamping' dimensionals.  Adhere to a red card base. Stamp a stack of these and you will be quickly ready for Christmas. JoP x

This is another cute project that I have made with the Apron of Love stamp set and the materials to make it are included in the Featured Monthly Bundles free kit - see Featured Monthly Bundles - including the actual sewing bits to put inside! The Designer series paper was cut to around 5cm wide and the end placed in the Everyday label punch which was used to cut the pretty edge. and a cut added into the opposite side of the paper freehand with pointed scissors for the fastening. The scissors are cut from the thinlits with a rectangle of pink card which is the apron pocket from the thinlits. Just add some bakers twine and a faceted button and you are done! JoP

This card is made with the Apron of love stamp set but there is not an apron in sight, which goes to show what a versatile set it is.  A pink card stock base with some designer series paper and a band of white card stamped with the stems in green and flower tops in pink from the set. Decorate with green ribbon and some of the flowers in the framelits and some rhinestones. Also note the cute edging from the apron thinlits makes a cute green scalloped edge at the top. This card needed 3 of the cut edges and these were slightly overlapped so you can't see the join. Finish with a sentiment from the same set and a row of small rhinestones. Simple and pretty. The materials to make this card come free when you order the stamp set and the co-ordinating thinlits from me. Use the hostess code on left hand side of the page when you order. See my Monthly featured Bundles p age for more information JoP

This little recipe card I first made for one of the lads at Lifeboat as he is great at the BBQ when ever the boats are a bit late coming back and we think that the crew will be hungry out comes the BBQ and I run home and made some BBQ sauce. So I made a little apron similar to this one with my recipe in and gifted it to him at the end of the summer. I thought it would be sweet to make another one for my cranberry loaf recipe for another friend. So here it is! The materials for this little project are available when you buy the Apron of love bundle from me. JoP x

In January I made two craft new year's resolutions. 1. To master socks knitting and 2. To re-master my Silhouette Cameo machine I have actually made 1 pair of socks in my life but I made one of the socks and then a few months went past until I made the other and now I can't remember how I did them. I have gathered together some patterns and needles and sock wool of various types in preparation for a bit of time to sort the whole sock thing out in my head once I have time to undertake a sock marathon. The opportunity presented itself when I was on a visit to my daughter in Canada recently and that means a 10 hour flight, taxi time and airport time and also a bit of time around the edges of my visit when I am up at early o'clock because of jet lag! As for the Silhouette Cameo - I used to be a bit of an expert about 5 years ago and had a user printer business for which I was always designing on drawing software. However the advent of a new computer and loss of all ...

These little aprons are addictive. Craft a little batch of them and make banners around the kitchen. Or how about a kitchen door banner?

The apron pocket makes a great tab for receipe card

Check out the October Bundles I am offering - more details are on my Monthly Bundle Kits pages October features a Punch bundle and a Big Shot Bundles. The blog will be showcasing lots and lots of cards and some other things and also surprising ways to use some of the images that you can try. If you buy from me using the hostess code you also get some Free goodies that help you to make 4 featured projects. See monthly bundles page for what you will get in the Free Bundle Kit. JoP x

This Apron Builder stamp set and matching dies from Stampin' Up is really lush and I have a whole host of sweet projects to show you over the coming week to make the most of it. Also did you know if you purchase it from me you can get some additional FREE goodies to make 4 projects. Check out my Monthly bundles pages with the bundles and FREEBIES on offer. To make this card I first used the 'friend' sentiment in the stamp set and the same colour ink as the base card and randomly stamped all over to create a background. Stamp some of the images off the sides of the card. Then layer the card up with a doily, and some green ribbon wrapped around the card. and one of the apron images cut using the thinlits in the set along with a frilly pocket a frilly apron trim (at the bottom of the apron) and some silver utensils. I like the way the thinlits cut these all in one go to make it less fiddly. Finish off with the little heart and side bows on the apron and flower imag...